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National space agencies are planning to build lunar bases at the Moon's south pole to turn water into rocket fuel as a launch pad to reach Mars and beyond.


Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars.

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